Robelle Suprtool 4.6.01
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Below you will find brief information for Suprtool 4.6.01, STExport, and Suprlink. This manual provides instructions for using these components to extract, sort, report, and convert data, as well as export data from various systems and link multidatasets.
Key Features
Data extraction
Data sorting
Reporting
Data conversion
Multidataset access
Data exporting
Pages: 312 Robelle Suprtool 4.6.01 User manual
Brand: Robelle Category: Software Size: 4 MB
Languages: English
Table of contents
- 13 Introduction
- 13 Suprtool Components
- 13 STExport - Data Export Utility
- 14 Suprlink - Multidataset Access
- 14 Documentation
- 15 User Manuals
- 15 Change Notice
- 15 Printed Documentation
- 15 Online Documentation in HTML Help Format
- 15 CD or Web Download
- 15 Notation
- 16 Software Updates
- 16 News Memos
- 16 New in Version
- 17 Change Notice
- 19 Who Needs To Use These Instructions
- 19 Summary of Installation Steps
- 19 Step 1: Log In as Root
- 19 Step 2: Create Robelle Directory
- 20 Step 3: Restore Files
- 20 HP-UX 10.0 and
- 20 Step 4: Set the ROBELLE Variable
- 20 Bourne and Korn Shells
- 20 C Shell
- 21 How to Run Suprtool
- 21 What is a Task?
- 22 Copying Files
- 22 Copying One File
- 22 Appending to a File
- 22 Fields in Data Files
- 22 What is a Self-Describing File?
- 22 Creating an SD File
- 22 Define Fields in a Data File
- 23 Create an SD File from a Data File
- 23 Repeating Commands
- 23 Repeating a Command
- 24 Selecting Database Records
- 24 Select All Records
- 24 Look at the First Few Records
- 25 Selecting by Criteria
- 25 Simple Criteria
- 25 Complex Criteria
- 25 String of Digits
- 25 Selecting by Date
- 26 Select by Today's Date
- 26 Select by Particular Date
- 26 Select by Year
- 26 Select Prior Month
- 27 Selecting by Lists of Values
- 27 Finding Data Based on a List
- 27 Finding Data Based on a File
- 28 Finding Data Based on Another Table’s Criteria
- 28 Finding Data in a Data File
- 28 Sorting Database Records
- 28 Sort Records
- 29 Sort Records in Descending Order
- 29 Sort by Multiple Keys
- 29 Duplicate Records
- 29 Report without Duplicate Records
- 30 Report Only the Duplicate Records
- 30 Report Only the Unique Records
- 31 Report Only the Duplicates and Their Originals
- 31 Deleting Duplicate Data File Records
- 32 Decimal Places
- 32 Converting Numbers
- 33 Counts and Subtotals
- 33 Count and Subtotal on Sort Keys
- 33 Sort by Count or Subtotal
- 33 Total by Field
- 34 Listing Records
- 34 Changing the Output Record Format
- 35 Producing a Condensed Table Listing
- 35 Simple Reports
- 35 Your First Report
- 36 Column Headings
- 36 Printing Mailing Labels
- 39 Running Suprtool
- 39 Configuring Different Shells
- 39 Bourne and Korn Shells
- 39 C Shell
- 40 Setting Up a PATH for Suprtool
- 40 Bourne and Korn Shells
- 40 C Shell
- 41 Control Characters and stty
- 41 Suprmgr Configuration Files
- 41 On-Line vs. Batch Access
- 41 Command Line Options
- 41 Initial Command Line: -ccmdstring
- 42 Default Outcount File Name: -oc
- 42 Exit with Verify: -v
- 42 Combining -c and -v
- 42 HP-UX Notes
- 42 Shell Commands
- 43 Hardcoded File Names and ROBELLE Variable
- 43 ROBELLE Variable
- 43 /opt/robelle/suprmgr
- 43 /opt/robelle/help/suprtool
- 43 Outcount File
- 44 Differences Between MPE and HP-UX
- 44 Record Length
- 44 Line Feeds
- 44 Duplicate Output Files
- 44 Classic Reals
- 45 Input from Stdlist
- 45 Missing Features
- 47 A Suprtool Task
- 47 Input Choices
- 47 Processing Selections
- 47 Output Choices
- 48 Large File Support
- 48 Suprtool and Allbase
- 48 Data-Types
- 49 Date and Time Types
- 49 Restrictions
- 49 Suprtool and Oracle
- 49 Data-Types
- 50 Number Data-Type
- 50 Order By vs. Sort
- 50 Restrictions
- 51 SDUnix Utility
- 51 Installation
- 52 SDUnix Parameters
- 52 LF vs. NOLF
- 52 Examples
- 53 Link vs. Query
- 53 Suprtool and Self-Describing Files
- 53 Create an SD File from a Table
- 53 Create an SD File from a Data File
- 54 SD Files as Input
- 54 Listing SD Files
- 54 Decimal Places and Date Formats
- 54 Restrictions of SD Files
- 55 Suprtool and Sorting Files
- 55 Suprtool and Personal Computers
- 55 Downloading to the PC
- 55 Decimal Places
- 55 Spreadsheets
- 56 Paradox Databases
- 56 Suprtool and PowerHouse Applications
- 56 Suprtool with Quiz/QTP
- 57 Step 1: Create a Subfile with Quiz
- 57 Step 2: Output Erase in Suprtool
- 57 Step 3: Report with Quiz
- 57 Using QTP to Create Subfiles
- 57 Creating Subfile with Script File
- 58 Quiz: Generating Suprtool Commands
- 58 Year 2000 Solutions with Suprtool
- 58 What If I Have Four-Digit Years?
- 59 What does Set Date Cutoff do?
- 59 Stddate and Set Date Cutoff
- 59 What does Set Date ForceCentury do?
- 60 What If I Have Two-Digit Years?
- 60 What Is Wrong with Two-Digit Years?
- 61 How Do $Today and $Date Work?
- 61 Will Suprtool Generate an Error for Two-Digit Year Dates?
- 61 How Do I Use $Today and $Date with yymmdd Dates?
- 62 aammdd Date Format
- 62 Invalid Dates
- 62 Can Suprtool Convert Two-Digit Years to Four Digits?
- 62 Case 1: Converting a J2 Date from yymmdd to ccyymmdd
- 64 Case 2: X6 yymmdd Data to X8 ccyymmdd
- 65 Case 3: Different Date Formats X6 MMDDYY Data to X6 YYMMDD
- 67 Year 2000 Testing
- 67 Performance Issues
- 68 Sort Performance
- 68 Oracle Performance
- 68 Analyzing Performance Data
- 69 Performance Summary
- 71 General Notes
- 71 Abbreviating
- 71 Uppercase or Lowercase
- 71 Multiple Commands per Line
- 72 Continuation
- 72 Comments on Command Lines
- 72 HP-UX Commands
- 73 Calculator
- 73 Control-Y Interrupt
- 74 Add Command [Add]
- 74 Examples
- 75 Base Command [BA]
- 77 Before Command [B]
- 79 Chain Command [C]
- 81 Define Command [D]
- 86 Delete Command [DEL]
- 88 Do Command [DO]
- 89 Duplicate Command [DU]
- 93 Edit Command [ED]
- 94 Exit Command [E]
- 96 Export Command [EXP]
- 97 Extract Command [EXT]
- 97 Constants
- 99 Dates
- 101 Range of Fields
- 102 Numeric Expressions
- 104 String Expressions
- 106 Data Conversion
- 109 Form Command [F]
- 112 Get Command [G]
- 114 Help Command [H]
- 115 If Command [IF]
- 115 Expressions
- 118 Constants
- 119 Subscripts
- 119 Numeric Expressions
- 122 String Expressions
- 125 Date Selection
- 130 Long Expressions
- 132 Input Command [I]
- 134 Item Command [IT]
- 134 Date Formats
- 137 Decimal Places
- 138 Notes
- 140 Key Command [K]
- 142 Link Command [LIN]
- 143 List Command [L]
- 143 Format
- 144 LaserJet Listings
- 145 Headings in Listings
- 146 Simple Reports
- 147 List Device
- 149 Listredo Command [LISTREDO]
- 150 Numrecs Command [N]
- 151 Open Command [OP]
- 152 Output Command [O]
- 158 Put Command [P]
- 159 Q Command [Q]
- 160 Redo Command [REDO]
- 163 Reset Command [R]
- 164 Select Command [SEL]
- 165 Set Command [S]
- 168 Allbase
- 168 Arithmetic
- 168 Baseclose
- 168 Blocksize
- 168 Buffer
- 169 Date Cutoff
- 170 Date ForceCentury
- 170 Date IfYY2000Error
- 171 Date MapToPHDate
- 171 Defer
- 171 DumpOnError
- 171 Eofread
- 171 Filecode
- 171 Filename
- 172 Firstrec
- 172 Hints
- 172 Ifcheck
- 172 Ignore
- 172 ItemAbbreviateDate
- 172 Interactive
- 173 LabelledTapeRewind
- 173 Limits
- 174 List Date
- 174 List PCL
- 175 List Time
- 176 Openmode
- 176 Oracle
- 176 Pattern
- 177 Prefetch
- 177 Privmode
- 177 Progress
- 178 Prompt
- 178 Recover
- 179 Sortfast
- 179 Squeeze
- 179 Statistics
- 179 Subsystem
- 179 Suspend
- 180 Userlabels
- 180 Varsub
- 180 Warnings
- 181 Sort Command [SO]
- 183 Table Command [TA]
- 183 Adding Individual Values to a Table
- 184 Adding Values from a File
- 187 Total Command [T]
- 189 Update Command [UP]
- 190 Use Command [U]
- 192 Userpause Command [USER]
- 193 Verify Command [V]
- 194 Xeq Command [X]
- 195 Calculator Command [=]
- 199 Two Types Of Messages
- 199 Errors
- 200 Warnings
- 201 Welcome to STExport
- 201 Documentation
- 201 CD or Web Download
- 201 Printed Documentation
- 202 Online Documentation in HTML Help Format
- 202 Help Command
- 202 Notation
- 202 Installing STExport
- 203 How To Run STExport
- 203 How to Xeq an STExport Task
- 203 Hardcoded File Names and ROBELLE Variable
- 204 ROBELLE Variable
- 204 Using STExport in Batch
- 205 Importing Data
- 205 Input File
- 205 Data-Types
- 206 Formatting Commands
- 206 Commands
- 206 Performance Considerations
- 209 General Notes
- 209 Abbreviating
- 209 Uppercase or Lowercase
- 209 Comments on Command Lines
- 210 HP-UX Commands
- 210 File Names
- 210 Calculator
- 210 Control-Y
- 211 Before Command [B]
- 213 Columns Command [C]
- 214 Date Command [DA]
- 216 Decimal Command [DEC]
- 217 Delimiter Command [DE]
- 218 Do Command [DO]
- 219 Exit Command [E]
- 219 Exit Abort [EA]
- 219 Exit Suspend [ES]
- 219 Exit Xeq [EX]
- 221 Floating Command [FL]
- 222 Form Command [F]
- 223 Heading Command [HEA]
- 225 Help Command [H]
- 226 HTML Command [HT]
- 227 Dynamic Web Pages
- 228 Web Server
- 229 Shell Script
- 231 Perl Script
- 232 CGI Script
- 234 Input Command [I]
- 235 Listredo Command [LISTREDO]
- 236 Output Command [O]
- 237 Quote Command [Q]
- 238 Redo Command [REDO]
- 239 Reset Command [R]
- 240 Set Command [S]
- 240 Mapped
- 241 Statistics
- 241 Varsub
- 241 Warnings
- 242 Xmltagchar
- 243 Sign Command [SI]
- 243 Spaces Command [SP]
- 244 Use Command [U]
- 245 Verify Command [V]
- 246 Xeq Command [X]
- 247 XML Command [XML]
- 249 Zero Command [Z]
- 250 Example
- 254 Maximums
- 256 Welcome to Suprlink
- 256 Documentation
- 256 CD or Web Download
- 256 Printed Documentation
- 257 Online Documentation in HTML Help Format
- 257 Help Command
- 257 Terminology and HP-UX
- 257 Notation
- 257 Installing Suprlink
- 258 Hardcoded File Names and ROBELLE Variable
- 258 ROBELLE Variable
- 260 How To Run Suprlink
- 260 How to Xeq a Suprlink Task
- 260 Suprtool Link Command
- 260 Exit with Verify
- 261 Using Suprlink in Batch
- 262 How Report Programs Work
- 262 Input Files
- 262 Link Files
- 263 Output Files
- 263 Sort Keys
- 263 Selection Logic
- 263 A Link Example
- 264 Performance Considerations
- 265 Another Example
- 265 Illegal Digits
- 265 Selecting Non-Matches
- 266 Suprlink with Quiz/QTP
- 270 General Notes
- 270 Abbreviating
- 270 Uppercase or Lowercase
- 270 Continuation
- 271 Comments on Command Lines
- 271 HP-UX Commands
- 271 File Names
- 271 Calculator
- 271 Control-Y
- 273 Before Command [B]
- 275 Do Command [DO]
- 276 Exit Command [E]
- 276 Exit Abort [EA]
- 276 Exit Suspend [ES]
- 276 Exit Xeq [EX]
- 277 Form Command [F]
- 279 Help Command [H]
- 280 Input Command [I]
- 281 Link Command [L]
- 283 Listredo Command [LISTREDO]
- 284 Output Command [O]
- 285 Redo Command [REDO]
- 286 Reset Command [R]
- 287 Set Command [S]
- 287 Mapped
- 288 Statistics
- 288 Varsub
- 289 Use Command [U]
- 290 Verify Command [V]
- 291 Xeq Command [X]
- 292 Example
- 294 Maximums
- 296 Commonly-used Terms
Frequently Answers and Questions
What is Suprtool?
Suprtool is a versatile data manipulation and reporting tool.
What is STExport?
STExport is a utility for exporting data into various formats.
What is Suprlink?
Suprlink allows access to multiple datasets concurrently.
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